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Trump Voters: One Year in, and he’s Broken 20 Big Promises He Made to You
Trump voters should attempt to view reality instead of believing the fallacies that the Right Wing machine is pushing day in and day out.
Robert Reich: The Next Big Fight (VIDEO)
Robert Reich details the next big fight. Ryan and his minions intend to cut Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare to pay for the tax cut scam.
The Reagan Boom, Kind of Like the Ford-Carter Boom
Isn’t NPR supposed to be that news organization that gives reliable unbiased news? Why then promote misinformation about tax cuts in the Reagan years?
Roy Moore Thinks Families Flourished During Slavery. Why Would He Say Such a Thing?
Roy Moore believes America was greatest when families were more together like during the days of slavery. Here is the cold reality!
Sent to Destroy Sanders’ Case for Democratic Socialism, Danish Right-Winger Bolsters It
Fellow at Peterson Institute, a regressive-minded think tank, concedes the many benefits of a nation that provides universal access to healthcare.
CNN Celebrates ‘Joy’ of McCain a Day After His Genocidal Threat
A bit of legacy-buffing for McCain, some deeply pernicious pro-war talking points, and a few chuckles between two old friends.
Elizabeth Warren: Why I’m Co-Sponsoring Bernie’s Medicare for All Bill
Health care is a basic human right – and it’s time to fight for it. Please join me in signing on as a citizen co-sponsor of Medicare for All.
How Did Workers Win the Right to Form a Union and Go on Strike?
When unions are busted and removed from the bargaining table, both the union worker and the nonunion employee suffer.
Donald Trump Hides Behind the Storm, Hurricane Harvey
As Hurricane Harvey raged on, President Donald Trump tried to use the disaster as cover. It might have worked. And that is sad.
Activist News
Act Out! Beyond the prison strike, Alex Jones won’t be the last, Israel targets BLM
Act Out! Eleanor Goldfield discusses Israel attack on Black Lives Matter, Alex Jones banning from social media, and Amani Sawari on prisons.
Marketing Global Suicide, CIA Infiltrates Academia, Docs Reveal US Supported Genocide (VIDEO)
Most ads on TV market global suicide and we’re programmed not to see it. A profit-driven system begets media that endlessly justify consumption and …
While Trump Dominates News, Wall Street Quietly Pillages The World (VIDEO)
Wall Street is giddy whenever Trump does something stupid — which is a daily occurrence — because it distracts the rest of us from their pillage.
Our Entire Economy Is Based On A Massive LIE That Is Killing People (VIDEO)
Lee Camp used his Redacted Tonight show to point out an inconsistency in free market capitalism as defined vs. the reality of its implementation.
Lee Camp: Billionaire CEO Accidentally Reveals Truth About Trump’s Cabinet (VIDEO)
On Fox Business Channel the other day a billionaire CEO slipped up and revealed the truth about Trump’s cabinet. Here’s my take on what was revealed.
Journalists Illegally Arrested At North Dakota Access Oil Pipeline Protests (VIDEO)
Journalists – as well as actress Shailene Woodley – have been arrested in North Dakota, and some are facing 45 years in prison.
A concern for us all – The End of Food As We Know It without bees? (VIDEO)
One of every three bites of food eaten worldwide depends on pollinators – especially bees. So why are we so flippant about bee die-off?
Mathematical PROOF Big Bankers Knew 2008 Collapse Was Coming! (VIDEO)
Even though the big bankers have always claimed they had no idea the 2008 financial crisis was on the horizon, new proof suggests otherwise!
The truth behind the debates that very few know about (VIDEO)
The Truth Behind the Rigged Debates: Ever feel like you’re watching two heads of the same beast go at it in a rigged charade? Well, that’s because you are.
DNC Lawyers Basically Admit Primary Election Was Rigged (VIDEO)
Lee Camp covers the latest news about the lawsuit against the Democratic National Committee (DNC). He covers the crucial issues missing from the debate.
Columnists
Ancestry Tests Pose a Threat to Our Social Fabric
By John Edward Terrell I have never understood why anybody would think humans are by nature violent, warlike creatures. True, we have all surely had arguments turn sour and go off the rails—arguments sometimes so extreme, or even deadly, that we later wish we could take back what we have said and undo what has […]
‘Worst Mistake I Ever Made’: Union Support Nosedives as Workers Express Regret for Trump Votes
Many American union workers who voted for President Donald Trump in the 2016 election are increasingly beginning to regret their decision—and realize that Trump has been firmly on the side of the rich all along.
The US, France and Great Britain Helped Make a Mess of the Middle East
America, Britain, and France were instrumental in creating the Middle East powder keg, and they have a moral responsibility to help defuse it.
Can Books by a Fired High Official Like James Comey Damage a President?
Former FBI director James Comey, fired last year by President Trump, is promoting his A Higher Leadership: Truth. Will it hurt Trump?
Western Media Shorthand on Venezuela Conveys and Conceals So Much
This article about Venezuela is a clear example of the danger of a press that intent on filtering the news through the prism of the western plutocracies.
Trump’s America: Open to Global Capital, Not to Global People
Robert Reich contrasts perfectly what Trump is all about and in fact, he represents his party well irrespective of his populist facade.
When Economic Growth Indicates Failure
Economic growth is not the metric that should be used to determine if the economic system is functioning for those in said system.
Robert Reich: Trump’s Shareholder Bonanza
The evidence is in: The biggest beneficiaries of the Trump-Republican tax plan are shareholders. Once again the wealthy shareholder wins.
Most of you have no idea what Martin Luther King actually did
What most people who reference Dr. King seem not to know is how Dr. King actually changed the subjective experience of life in the United States for African Americans
After Arkansas man vandalized mosque, members paid off his fines to prevent jail
Abraham Davis made a bad decision to drive two friends to a nearby mosque so they could vandalize the building with swastikas and hateful messages
Guest Bloggers
A message from one of many Millennials to the Democratic Party
It is time to put the 2016 election in the past and unite the Democratic Party for the fight ahead. This thoughtful Millennial is ready as are many others.
At Sea with Capt. ‘Wrong Way’ Trump
A rudderless ship of state creates chaos and erratically steers us into a feckless foreign policy. We got this obvious result for electing a toddler.
AirBnB Host Refuses To Rent To Asian Woman: “It’s Why We Have Trump.” (VIDEO)
Another Trump supporter, an Airbnb Host, feeling perfectly comfortable being a nasty racist and using the election of Donald Trump as an excuse for it.
Indivisible: A Social Action Startup for Democracy
Imagine these Indivisible groups as cells in a vast progressive network that includes more than 6000 Indivisible chapters plus other orgs.
The Electoral College: a threat to our Republic. It must go, sooner than later (VIDEO)
History will likely show that Clinton won the popular vote by almost two million more votes than Trump votes while losing the election.
Explain why Democrats, after 8 years, should treat your party any differently than you treated ours
My hope is to help Hillary supporters process their feelings and also inform Trump supporters about what liberals are going through.
Bashing, intimidating huge swathes of the electorate is a bizarre get-out-the-vote strategy
Exercise your right to vote your values if only to spite those who would almost certainly take that right from you.
Just Say NO to Elizabeth Fagen by Patty Pinkley
Patty Pinkley did some digging on Humble ISD new Superintendent Elizabeth Fagen and what she continues to find maker Fagen a problem for the district.
Will Sanders Campaign Adequately Fund the Grassroots to Win Big in the West and Ensure Fair Elections?
Sanders supporters believe that Bernie’s key to winning Western States with more than 60% of the vote is to invest funds in grassroots efforts.
The Invisibility of U.S. Oligarchs: The Case of Penny Pritzker
If anyone doubts the power of the Oligarchy over the press, this story points out why Americans can never trust the media gatekeepers to inform.
Videocasts & Podcasts
Dave Chappelle: Equanimity | Clip: Voting in the 2016 Election | Netflix
Dave Chappelle has never had a problem with white people ever in his life — but that doesn’t mean he always agrees with them. His new stand-up special, Equanimity, streams New Year’s Eve. Only on Netflix.
Partisan Gridlock with Geoff Berg on KPFT – Guest Hosts Mike Honig and Egberto Willies
Mike Honig and Egberto Willies guest hosted on Partisan Gridlock with Geoff Berg. We discussed voter ID, Liberalism, Conservatism, and much more.
The Julianna Forlano Show – Guests Egberto Willies & Adam Weismann
On tonight’s episode on the Julianna Forlano Show we discuss the hope and the pain. They discuss the 2014 midterm elections and the TPP.
Politics Done Right on KPFT – America can afford Medicare for all
This week’s show July 7th, 2014 America can afford Medicare for all Last week while performing my engineering duties on KPFT’s Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig, a rather disturbing call came from a caller. The caller was not a bad person. The caller was not ill willed. The caller simply bought into the tenet that […]